290 L. LEGUMiNOS^:. (J. G. Baker.) [ParMa. 



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Pegu, Kurz, 



An erect tree SO-120 feet high. Leaf 1-2 feet long; rachis fulvo-puhe scent, 

 pmnse 4 in. long ; leaflets rigidly coriaceous, shining, glabrous, ^ in. by ^ in., with a 

 distinct fork from the base of the costa and penninerved veinlets. Peduncle 1-1^ ft. 

 Calyx ^ in. ; tube glabrous; lobes round, densely fulvo-tomentose. Pod 1-1 J ft. by 

 1 J in., glabrous, slightly torulose, narrowed into a 6-9 in. stalk. 



4. P. Insig^nis, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soe. Bmg. xlii. 2, 74 ; leaflets 

 oblong 40-50 to a pinna, pinnae ahout 8. 



Maetaban 



ferrug 



An erect tree, 80-100 ft. high. Leaf 1-2 ft. long; rachis fulvo- or 

 tomentose; leaflets 1 in. by ^ in., coriaceous, penninerved, glabrous above except on 

 the ribs, pubescent beneath. Peduncles a foot long, many arising from^ the apex of 

 the branches. Calyx \ in. ; tube glabrous ; lobes obovate-cuneate, with adpressed 

 fulvous pubescence. Pod unknown, — Ex Kurz loc. cit. 



123. DESMANTHUS, WiUd. 



Suffruticose perennials with the habit and leaves of Neptunicu Flowers 

 polygamous. Calyx minute, campanulate, 6-toothed. Petals 5, valvate, finally 

 nearly free. Stamens 10; filaments free, filiform ; anthers not gland-crested. 

 Ovary sessile, linear, many-ovuled ; style filiform, stigma clavate. Pod linear, 

 straight, coriaceous, dehiscent. — ^Distkib. Species 8, indigenous in America 

 only. 



D. viRGATus, WilUh', DC. Prodr. ii. 445; Wall. Cat. 5297; TT. |".^- 

 Prodr. 270. D, strictus and leptophyllus, DC. loc. cit. Mimosa virgata, Linn. 

 Sj). 1502. 



Scattered through India proper and Ceylon, but only introduced. — Distrib. " il 

 through Trop. America and introduced in Africa. 



A glabrous shrubby perennial, 3-4 ft. high, with virgate branches; .^^^P^ g 

 subulate. Flowers in solitary globose peduncled axillary heads. Leaves with o-- 

 pinnse, with a gland on the rachis between the lowest; leaflets 30-40. Pod 2-3 in- 

 long, 20-30-seeded. 



124. XiEirCHlNA, Benth. 



Unarmed erect trees. Leaves bipinnate. Flo^vers sessile, in dense ?J^ ,i 

 heads, 5-merous, usually perfect. Calyx cylindrical-campanulate, ^ "^ 

 toothed. Petals valvate, free. Stamens 10, free, much exserted ;_ anthers 



gland-crested. Ovary stalked, niany-o\'uled ; style filiform, stigma ^^ g 

 terminal. Pod flat, coriaceous, strap-shaped, dehiscent. — Distrib. Specie ? 

 mostly American, 



1. Xi. ^lauca, BeMh. in Hook. Journ. Pot. iv. 416. Acacia ^^^^^ 

 Willd. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 4G8 ; W. Sf A. Prodr. 276. A. Oaringa, Ham. tn ^»^«**' 

 Cat. 5239. A, glauca, biceps and leucocephala, DC. Prodr. ii. 467-8, 



Spread throughout India, as it is through Trop. Asia and Africa, but pro 

 indigenous only in Tropical America, ^ ^^^ 



A low erect tree, without spines. Pinna 8-16; leaflets 20-30, li^^^F^Z-.n' 



glaucous, membranous, caducous, |-J in,, finely downy. Heads short-pedunciea, ' 

 dense, often in pairs, ^ in. broad. Corolla whitish, ^ in. Stame^is twice the leug 

 ■of the corolla. Pod straight, 5-6 in, by |-4 in., 15-20-seeded, soon dehiscing- 



